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1 Health and Labour Proclamation Article 92(2) of Employer Ensure that workers are properly In Elite Engineering,
Safety No. 1156/2019 (Labour the Proclamation instructed, trained and notified all employees have
Proclamation) and Article 5(1) concerning the hazards of their properly instructed,
And of the Directive respective occupations trained and undergo
Occupational Safety and extensive training
Health Directive 2007 regarding the risk
(Occupational Safety associated with
and Health Directive) hazards.
2 Health and Labour Proclamation Article 92(2) of Employer Ensure that safety officer is Elite Engineering has
safety and the Labour assigned and occupational health assigned internal
Occupational Safety and Proclamation and safety committee is QHS Manager as
Health Directive and Articles 60- established well as external
61 of the advisor related to
Directive QHS.
3 Health and Labour Proclamation Article 92(3) Employer Ensure that workers are provided Elite Engineering
safety and with protective equipment, ensure that all
Occupational Safety and clothing and other materials and employee has proper
Health Directive instruct them of their use PPE and all of them
have trained how to
use the PPEs.
4 Health and Labour Proclamation Article 92(4) of Employer Ensure that employment Elite Engineering
safety and Occupational Safety the Labour accidents and occupational ensures that all
and Health Directive Proclamation diseases are registered and accidents and
and Articles 56- reported to the labour inspection occupational diseases
58 of the service are being registered
Directive and reported to
The minimum duration for inspection service.
maintaining records shall not be The records shall be
less than twenty years unless maintained more than
stated otherwise by Minister of 25 years.
Labour and Social Affairs

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5 Health and Labour Proclamation Article 92(6) Employer Ensure that the work place and All workplaces where
safety premises of the undertaking do Elite Engineering`s
not pose threats to the health and employees conduct
safety of workers their work shall not
pose any king of
threat to them.
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6 Health and Labour Proclamation Article 92(7) Employer Take appropriate precautions to All precautions shall
safety make sure that all the processes of be taken and
work in the undertaking shall not managed by Elite
be a source or cause of physical, Engineering
chemical, biological, ergonomic Management`s staffs.
and psychological hazards to the
health and safety of the workers
7 Health and Labour Proclamation Article 93(1), (2), Employee Co-operate in the formulation of Elite Engineering `s
safety and (3) and (4) of the work rules to safeguard the employees co-operate
Occupational Safety and Labour workers’ health and safety, and in regard to
Health Directive Proclamation and implement same safeguarding their co-
Articles 5 and 53 workers and theirs
of the Directive Inform forthwith to the employer health and safety.
any defect related to the They should use
appliances used and incidents of safety devices
injury to health and safety of properly. The
workers that he is aware of in the employees should
undertaking also report any
incident of injury,
Report to the employer any failure of appliances
situation which he may have to responsible
reason to believe could present a management staffs.
hazard and which he cannot
prevent on his own, and any
incident of injury to health which
arises in the course of or in
connection with work

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 Make proper use of all safety
devices and other appliances
furnished for the protection of his
health and safety or for the
protection of the health and safety
of others.

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8 Health and Labour Proclamation Article 94 (1) and Employee Not interfere with, remove, Employees of Elite
safety (2) displace, damage or destroy any Engineering should
safety devices or other appliances not obstruct any
furnished for his protection or the method of working
protection of others and alter or damage
safety devices.
Not obstruct any method or
process adopted with a view to
minimizing occupational hazard
9 Health Food and Medicine Article 48 Employee Not smoke or use tobacco Employees of Elite
Administration products in any part of all indoor Engineering should
Proclamation No. workplaces neither smoke in all
1112/2019 indoor work place
Not smoke or use tobacco in any nor within 10 meters
outdoor space that is within ten of any doorways or
meters of any doorway, operable windows.
window, or air intake mechanism
of any workplace
10 Health Food and Medicine Article 50 Employer Ensure that no one smokes, use or Elite Engineering
Administration sale any tobacco product in any ensure that nobody
Proclamation No. part of all indoor workplaces and smokes or sale

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 1112/2019 in outdoor space that is within tobacco in indoor
ten meters of any doorway, workplace and within
operable window, or air intake 10 meters of
mechanism of any workplace doorways or
windows.

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11 Health Food and Medicine Article 50 of the Employer Post clear and prominent notices Elite Engineering
Administration Food and regarding the prohibition of ensures that clear and
Proclamation No. Medicine tobacco smoking and use along visible “no-
1112/2019 and Proclamation and with its corresponding “no- smoking” signs are
Tobacco Control Article 17 of the smoking” sign in the prohibited placed in all required
Directive No. 771/2021 Tobacco Control areas areas.
Directive
Post in a visible manner a
smoking is prohibited notice
corresponding with colored sign
at indoor workplace

Post in a visible manner a

smoking is prohibited notice
corresponding with colored in
outdoor workplace within ten

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 meters of any door way, operable
window, or air intake mechanism
of such places
12 Health and Occupational Safety and Article 4 Employer Ensure that regular inspection of Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive all buildings, structures, ensures that all PPEs
excavations, machinery and and clothings are
equipment are undertaken to being used for
examine whether they are capable intended purposes
of withstanding the stresses likely and all tools and
to be imposed upon them and of machineries are
safely performing the functions inspected regularly.
for which they are used Records of such
inspection are kept
Ensure protective devices and properly
clothing are provided to
employees and that those are used
for the intended purpose.

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13 Health and Occupational Safety and Article 7 Employer Ensure that the workplace is kept Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive as clean as practicable ensures that the work
place are tidy and dirt
Ensure that accumulation of dirt are removed every
is removed daily by a suitable time.
method from the floors and
working surfaces and passages to
an approved disposal area or site

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 least once every week by washing
or vacuum cleaning or by other
effective and suitable methods

Ensure that floors and platforms,

stairs and walkways that are used
by workers are free of tripping
and slipping hazards
14 Health and Occupational Safety and Article 8 Employer Ensure that an area in the Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive workplace is not so overcrowded ensures that the
as to cause risk of injury to the workplace are not
safety or health of workers overcroweded.

The Minimum cubic space

respecting overcrowding at a
workplace shall not be less than
400 cubic feet per person.

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15 Health and Occupational Safety and Article 9, 88-92 Employer Ensure reasonable temperature
Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive consistent with the nature and
ensures that the
degree of the work performed is
workplace are
maintained maintained at normal
temperature and
Under unusually hot or cold humidity ranges.

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 conditions of work the employer,
the employer should make
additional provision of medical
supervision, supply of drinking
water, weakly salted where
necessary for hydration for those
working in hot environments

Eliminate the need for work in

unusually hot/cold conditions, if
practicable, or take measures to
reduce the thermal load/cold from
the environment (if elimination is
not possible)

Undertake health surveillance,

provide training and information
to employees on the risks and
protection mechanisms of
extreme weather
16 Health and Occupational Safety and Articles 10 and Employer Ensure that there exists Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive 72 circulation of clean and ensures that there are
wholesome air; adequate adequate and clean
ventilation, and make ventilation at
contaminants harmless and workplaces.
inoffensive

Whenever practicable, ensure

local exhaust ventilation are
installed and maintained near to
point of origin of contaminated
air (impurity) to effectively
prevent it entering the air of the
workplace
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17 Health and Occupational Safety and Article 11 Employer Ensure that each floor of a In case of fire
safety Health Directive building is provided with at leastoutbreak, Elite
two means of escape in different Engineering ensures
directions in case of fire hazard that there are escape
in two different
All doors affording means of direction in each
exits from a building for the floor, the exit
employees should, except in the windows and doors
case of sliding doors, be are accessible for
constructed in ways that are open escape, there is
outwards. effective fire warning
devices and
Ensure that every window, door maintained regularly-
or other exit affording means of once per month by
escape in case of fire or giving professionals.
access thereto other than the
means of exit in ordinary use,
shall be distinctively and
conspicuously marked by a notice
printed in red letters of an
adequate size in languages
understood by the employees

Ensure that every building with

more than 50 employees has
effective devices for giving
warning in case of fire
Such device should be tested by a
competent person at least once a
month to ensure a continued
operation
18 Health and Occupational Safety and Article 13 Employer Ensure that a private water supply Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive reservoir capable of supplying all ensures that there are
fire system fighting for 8 hours enough supply of
exists in case where connection water in the reservoir.

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 from a public water supply is not
available
19 Health and Occupational Safety and Articles 14 -15 Employer Ensure that hydrants and hose are The hydrants and
safety Health Directive of the same type and size as those hose are same type,
used by the local public fire brand and size.
department
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20 Health and Occupational Safety and Article 16 Employer Ensure that all places of Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive employment are provided with provides portable fire
portable fire extinguishers for extinguishers for all
protection against incipient fires teams working in
sites and offices.
21 Health and Occupational Safety and Article 19 Employer Provide sufficient and suitable Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive lighting whether natural or provides sufficient
artificial in every part of a lighting at
workplace while workers are workplaces for all of
present its employee.
22 Occupational Safety and Article 20 Employer Provide adequate and suitable Adequate toilets and
Health and Health Directive toilet and facilities for personal washrooms with
safety washing clean water, soap and
towels are provided
Supply clean hot and cold or all the time.
warm water, soap and clean
towels or other suitable
means of cleaning or drying, and
the facilities shall be located in
close proximity to toilets
23 Health and Occupational Safety and Article 21 Employer Where work clothing is required, Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive provide and maintain for the use ensures that adequate
of the workers clean, adequate, and clean clothing
appropriately located and suitable and accommodation
accommodation, with individual shall be provided to
lockers, for street clothing not employees when
worn during working hours required.

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24 Health and Occupational Safety and Article 22 Employer Provide and maintain at suitable Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive points conveniently accessible to ensures that adequate
all workers and adequate supply and clean water are
of wholesome drinking water provided all the time.
from a public main or from some
other source approved by the
appropriate health authority

Ensure that supply of drinking

water which is not piped in shall
be contained in suitable vessels
and shall be renewed at least daily

Ensure that a drinking water

supply, whether piped in or not
shall, when necessary for
identification, be clearly marked
“Drinking Water”
25 Health and Occupational Safety and Article 23 Employer Provide and maintain suitable Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive and adequate seating where provide good and
workers have in the course of comfortable sitting
their work reasonable areas and chairs
opportunities for sitting without while they employees

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 detriment to their work are working and
resting.
26 Health and Occupational Safety and Articles 26-28 Employer Ensure that all work places have Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive safe means of access and egress provides adequate
appropriate to the conditions of movable areas to
the work area, allow safe comfortably walk
movement of workers and with tools.
materials, and are designed,
marked and illuminated to
provide quick and unimpeded
access

Ensure that materials and

equipment in workplaces are not
placed, stacked or stored in ways
that constitute hazard

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27 Health and Occupational Safety and Article 29 Employee Ensure that he/she does not enter All employee should
safety Health Directive a place where there is a danger of not enter unsafe place
entrapment in loose material without walkways or
unless safe access has been other means of
provided by catwalks, walkways walking.
or other means
28 Health and Occupational Safety and Articles 30-31 Employer Ensure that flight of stairs having Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive more than 4 risers shall be ensures that all stair
equipped with handrails cases have handrails.

A stairway that ends in direct

proximity to dangerous traffic or
other hazards should be installed
with detour guardrails
29 Health and Occupational Safety and Article 32 Employer Ensure that the sides of the tanks Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive shall be constructed to extend at ensures that the sides

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 least 91.44 centimeters above a of the tanks holding
working platform when workers liquid or other
are employed around open tanks harmful substance
containing liquids or harmful should be constructed
substances, or provide standard 92 cm above working
guardrails to prevent workers platform.
from falling into the tank
30 Health and Occupational Safety and Article 36 Employer Ensure that a worker with a Workers with
safety Health Directive and known physical or mental physical or mental
employee impairment is not assigned to impairment should
work where these impairments not be assigned that
endanger himself/herself or others jeopardize their
Not enter or remain in the health conditions.
premises of a workplace while
intoxicated
Not engage in scuffling,
unnecessary running or jumping
or making practical jokes that
might constitute a hazard to a
worker

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31 Health and Occupational Safety and Articles 41-46 Employer Ensure that workers are equipped Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive with protective equipment for the ensures that full PPE
eyes, face, hands and feet, and are provided to
respiratory system whenever employees working
necessary by reason of the in hazardous nature
hazardous nature of the process or and environment.
environment

32 Health and Occupational Safety and Articles 47-51 Employer Provide hard hats for the Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive protection of workers from provides
impact penetration from falling helmets/hardhats ,
and flying objects, blows, and hand, arm and hair

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 from limited electric shock and protection , full body
burns where there is reasonable harnesses and safety
probability of exposure to such shoes to employees
hazards working in areas that
involves working at
Provide hand, arm, eye and hair height.
protection when necessary

Provide safety belts and safety

shoes when necessary (For
instance window washers or
cleaners working outside building
six (6) meters or more above the
ground or other surfaces unless
protected from falling by other
means shall use safety belts
attached to suitable anchors)
33 Health and Occupational Safety and Article 51 Employer Ensure that regular surveillance Regular checkup of
safety Health Directive of the working environment and working environment
where necessary occupational is being conducted.
health surveillance takes place

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34 Health and Occupational Safety and Article 53 Employer Ensure that there is no Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive discrimination resulting from ensures that there are
medical examination (including no discrimination
HIV) resulting from
medical examination
Ensure that women have the right and gender.
to alternative work not hazardous

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 to the health of the unborn or the
child during pregnancy or
lactation
35 Health and Occupational Safety and Article 71 Employer Where workers might be exposed Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive to contact with chemicals harmful provides appropriate
to the skin , the employer should cleansing materials.
avail facilities for workers to
effectively cleanse the
contaminated body areas, and
where corrosive chemicals are
involved emergency water baths,
showers, jump tanks, eyewash
facilities or other effective means
of treatment
36 Health and Occupational Safety and Articles 74-77 Employer Assess equipment and activities Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive likely to give rise to hazardous ensures protection
exposure to optical radiation; devices and
Take safety precautions and precaution are in
prevention and control measures place while
to reduce the risk of exposure to employees are
hazardous levels of optical working in places or
radiation ; Provide effective eye devices which
and skin protection to workers radiates different
exposed to UV emissions, light waves that harm
including welding helmets; skin, eyes and bones.
Arrange for appropriate health
surveys including ophthalmic and
skin examination for those
exposed to significant levels of
optical radiation or in work with
lasers; Inform workers likely to
be exposed to significant levels of
optical radiation or involved in
work with lasers
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37 Health and Occupational Safety and Articles 79 -82 Employer Identify the sources of electric Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive and magnetic fields and the ensures that
equipment and activities which employees should
could give rise to exposure at or wear appropriate
near prescribed internationally PPEs with great care
recognized standards while they are
Ensure that high radio frequency working in radio
(RF) aerials are designed and frequency emitting
installed to devices like antenna,
direct the radiation away from radio units and other
any personnel and take due care telecommunication
to prevent the wave front from equipment.
being reflected by material or
other structures
Ensure that workers exposed to
radiation such as antennas for
broadcasting and
telecommunication or other such
radiation that cannot be
suppressed wear appropriate
personal protection suits to reduce
the coupling with the electric
field, and the absorption of
energy by organs or tissues of the
body

Where shielding is not a

practicable method of reducing
the intensity of the fields,
employers should limit access of
personnel to the area and
exposure of workers
Undertake health surveillance of
workers exposed to electric and
magnetic fields

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 Ensure that workers likely to be
exposed to significant electric or
magnetic fields are provided with
training, instructions and
information

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38 Health and Occupational Safety and Article 84 Employer Undertake a comprehensive prior Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive radiological evaluation of hazards undertake
and risks, including a radiological
prioritization for the use of evaluation and
engineered features including the establishes rules and
provision of shielding, guidelines prior to
containment, ventilation and starting work.
interlocks

Designate controlled area in

which specific protective
measures or safety provisions are
or could be required for ionizing
radiation

Establish in writing local rules

providing for the organizational
structures and the special
procedures to be followed in
controlled areas
39 Health and Occupational Safety and Articles 83-85 Employer Undertake health surveillance, Frequent health
safety Health Directive and establish education, training checkup, education,
and information programme to training and program
educate the hazard risks of regarding hazard of
ionizing radiation radiation is being
Establish in writing local rules conducted.
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procedures to be followed in
controlled areas

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40 Health and Occupational Safety and Articles 93; 95-96 Employer Assess the hazards and risks at Elite Engineering
safety Health Directive the workplace so as to ensure that ensures that the noise
the level of noise and/or duration level are in normal
of exposure shall note exceed the ranges and hearing
limits established by the protection are in
competent authority (which place.
ranges from 90 dBA to 115 dBA
depending on duration per day:
for 8 hours per day the sound
level is 90 dBA; for 6 hrs, 92
dBA; for 4 hrs, 95 dBA; for 3 hrs,
97 dBA; for 2 hrs,100 dBA and
for an hour, 105 dBA, etc.

Establish a noise prevention

programme with the aim of
eliminating the hazard or risk or
reducing them to the lowest level

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 and establish education, training
and information programme to
equip employees with the
knowledge and skill to prevent
noise related health risks
41 Health and Occupational Safety and Articles 97-100 Employer Assess the buzzard and risk to The vibration limits
safety Health Directive safety and health from the are specified under
conditions, and the prevention schedule 12 of the
and control measures to remove Directive
the hazards or risks or to reduce
them to the lowest practicable
level when employees are
exposed to whole-body or hand-
transmitted vibration

Undertake health surveillance,

and establish education, training
and information progrramme

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42 Health Labour Proclamation Article 104 Employer Provide an injured employee with First aid is always
first aid in time provided for injured
Take an injured employee by an employee
appropriate means of transport to immediately and then
the nearest medical facility transported to the
nearest medical
center with good
mode of transport.
43 Health and The Labour Article 104 of the Employer Notify the occurrence of Elite Engineering
safety Proclamation Labour occupational injury to the relevant notify occurrence of
and the Private Proclamation and Labour Office and the Private occupational injury
Organization Article 32 of the Organization within 30 days.
Employees Pension Private Employees Social Security
Proclamation Organisation Agency (the notification to the

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 No. 715/2011 Employees agency should be within 30 days
Pension of the occurrence of the injury)
Proclamation
44 Compensation Labour Proclamation Articles 104- 105 Employer Cover some expenses, including Elite Engineering
the following expenses, in case of covers the expenses
employment injury: General and related to medical for
specialized medical and surgical employee injured at
care; Hospital and pharmaceutical workplace. For death
care; Any necessary prosthetic or funeral expenses
orthopedic appliance shall be covered.
Cover funeral expenses where an
employee dies due to employment
related injury
45 Compensation Labour Proclamation Article 107- 110 Employer Provide benefits to an employee Benefits should be
who sustains employment injury. provided to the
These benefits include: Periodical employees and
payment while the employee is families of injured or
temporarily disabled; disablement dead ones.
pension or gratuity or
compensation where the
employee sustains permanent
disablement; dependent’s pension
or gratuity or compensation to
dependents where an employee
dies. Suspend, withhold or refuse
to pay employment injury
compensation as per the law

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46 Health Labour Proclamation Article 107 Employee Not to refuse or ignore to submit Employee should be
himself/herself to medical supportive when
examination where employment injury happens to get
injury occurs quick medical
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 delay for medical examination

47 Environment Environmental Pollution Article 3(3) Employer Install proper technology that Elite Engineering
Control Proclamation avoids or reduces( to the required ensures proper
No. 300/2002 minimum) the generation of devices are installed
waste, and apply methods of to control
recycling of waste when feasible environmental
pollution.
48 Environment Environmental Pollution Article 3(4) Employer Clean up or pay the cost of Elite Engineering
Control Proclamation cleaning up a polluted takes time and cover
No. 300/2002 environment the expenses to clean
up polluted
environment while
the employees are
working.
49 Environment Environmental Pollution Article 4(1) Employer Not to generate, keep, store, Elite Engineering
Control Proclamation transport, treat or dispose of any ensures to hold
No. 300/2002 hazardous waste without a permit appropriate permit.
from the relevant authority
50 Environment Environmental Pollution Article 4(3) Employer Not to import, mine, keep, Elite Engineering
Control Proclamation distribute, store, transport or use ensures to hold
No. 300/2002 radioactive substances without appropriate permit in
obtaining a permit from the logistics work of
relevant authority radioactive
substances.
51 Environment/ Environmental Pollution Article 4(4) of the Employer Not to import, prepare, keep, Elite Engineering
Health and Control Proclamation Environmental distribute, store, transport or use ensures to hold
safety No. 300/2002 Pollution Control any chemical categorized as appropriate permit in
Proclamation and hazardous or of restricted use logistics work of
Article 63 of the without obtaining a permit chemical categorized
Directive Ensure that all practicable as hazardous.
measures are taken to prevent the
exposure of workers to chemicals
to the extent that may be injurious
to health

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52 Environment/ Environmental Pollution Article 4(5) of the Employer Ensure that hazardous or Elite Engineering
Health and Control Proclamation Environmental restricted chemicals are ensures proper
safety No. 300/2002 Pollution Control registered, packed and labelled in handling and removal
Proclamation and the preparation and transportation of hazardous
Article 64 of the of such chemicals chemicals and other
Directive wastes.
Ensure that a substance produced,
used or handled at a workplace
which by reason of toxicity,
flammability or reactivity create
risk to the health or safety of
workers be contained
53 Environment/ Occupational Safety and Article 70 Employer Ensure that atmospheric Elite Engineering
Health and Health Directive contamination of the workplace ensures that
safety by chemical substances is kept as atmospheric
low as contamination by
it reasonably practicable and, in chemical released
the case of the substances for from workplaces is
which an occupational kept as low as
exposure limit is listed, that limit possible.
shall not be exceeded
54 Environment Environmental Pollution Article 5(3) Employer Ensure that adequate and suitable
Elite Engineering
Control Proclamation toilets and containers and otherensures that there are
No. 300/2002 required facilities are provided for
adequate waste
the disposal of waste disposal containers or
toilets.
55 Environment Environmental Impact Article 3(1) Employer Not to commence the Elite Engineering
Assessment implementation of any project ensures EIA has been
Proclamation No. without undertaking an implemented before
299/2002 environmental impact assessment commencement of
(EIA) for projects where EIA is any project.
required

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56 Environment Solid Waste Article 4(2) Employer Not to engage in the collection, Without a permit,
Management transportation, use or disposal of Elite Engineering
Proclamation 513/2007 solid waste without obtaining a does not engage in
permit from the concerned body handling of solid
of an urban administration waste.

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57 Environment Control of Ozone Layer Article 4(1) Employer Not to import appliance or
Depleting Substances technology that employs or emits Elite Engineering
Proclamation No. ozone depleting substance does not import
716/2011 appliance that deplete
ozone.
58 Environment Electronic and Electrical Article 6 Employer Ensure that electrical and Elite Engineering
Waste Management and electronic waste are handed over ensure that electrical
Disposal Regulation No. to collection centers or to persons and electronics
425/2018 with the right to collect these wastes are managed
wastes by authorized
persons.
59 Environment Lead in Paint Article 4(2) Employer Not to import paints with a total Elite Engineering
Regulation No. lead concentration of higher than does not import
429/2018 90 (ninety) parts per million. paints with lead
concentration of
higher than 90 %.
60 Environment Lead in Paint Article 5(1) Employer Ensure that any lead in paints Elite Engineering
Regulation No. /products is labelled in Amharic ensures that the labels
429/2018 or English language in a are noticeable.
conspicuous manner
61 Safety and Lead in Paint Article 8(3) Employer Ensure that examination of the Elite Engineering
Environment Regulation No. and concentration of lead in paint ensures the
429/2018 employee before demolition of a building concentration of lead
in paint before any
demolition works.
62 Energy Energy Regulation No. Article 57 Employer Conserve energy, audit and Elite Engineering

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 447/2019 analyze energy consumption in conserve, audit and
accordance with the procedures analyze energy as per
set by the relevant authority the procedures of
should the employer owns a type Ethiopian Energy
of building where the authority Authority.
classifies as a designated building
63 Energy Energy Regulation No. Article 57 Employer Undertake an energy audit once Elite Engineering
447/2019 every three years through a undertake energy
licensed energy auditor if the audit every 3 years.
employer owns a designated
building

Health and Safety that Apply for a Specific Sector: Construction

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64 Health and safety Occupational Article 121 of Employer Ensure that ladder design, Elite Engineering
Safety and Health the Directive construction and installation ensures that
Directive and Section meet the requirements of employees use
and Compulsory 3.1 of the standards that are acceptable to ladders that are
Ethiopian Compulsory the competent authority acceptable and
Standard for Standard If protective coatings are protective coating
Occupational applied to wooden ladders, are applied to
Health and Safety only transparent coatings or wooden ladders.
in Construction preservatives shall be used so
Sector that any defects become
(Compulsory visible
Standard)1 Ensure that ladder rungs and
steps are parallel, level and
uniformly spaced when the
ladder is in position for use
1
The Compulsory Standard applies to all classes of buildings. The meaning and scope of building as provided under the law is far from clear as to whether it
covers tower construction. That said, we believe that the requirements under the Compulsory Standard extend to tower construction. Thus, it is advisable that the
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 Provide a metal spreader or
locking device on each
stepladder to hold the front
and back sections in an open
position when the ladder is
being used
65 Health and safety Occupational Article 122 of Employer Ensure that portable ladders Elite Engineering
Safety and Health the Directive and employee are inspected before use and ensures proper
Directive and the and Section ladders with loose, broken or inspection of
Compulsory 3.1.1 of the missing rungs, split side rails portable ladders and
Standard Compulsory or other hazard producing change or maintain
Standard defects shall not be used the ladders before
use if there are any
Ensure that a ladder shall be of malfunction parts.
sufficient length to project
approximately 90 cm above
the level of the upper landing
to which it provides access

Not carry any object or load

that could cause him or her
loose balance and fall
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66 Health and Compulsory Section 3.1.2 Employer Ensure that step ladders are Elite Engineering
Safety Standard not used unless its base is remove ladders from
spread fully open and the workplaces if the
Spreaders locked base is not fully
open and the
spreaders are not
locked.
67 Health and safety Occupational Article 122 Employer Ensure that standard ladders Elite Engineering
Safety and Health do not exceed the following ensures the standard
Directive length: Testle ladders or height of the ladders
extension sections or base are met to use on
sections of extension trestle workplaces.

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 ladders 4.8 meters; Single
ladders 9 meters; Extension
ladders (2 sections) 14.6
meters; Extension ladders
(more than 2 sections) -20
meters
68 Health and safety Occupational Article 123 Employer Ensure that all fixed ladders Elite Engineering
Safety and Health more than 6 meters in length ensures appropriate
Directive shall be : Provided with platforms are in
platforms at intervals not place for ladders of
greater than 6 meters; height above 6
Provided with safety cages meters.
starting at 2.5 meters from
base of the ladder

Fixed ladders shall be

anchored at intervals of not
more than 3 meters for the
entire length Of the ladder

A continuous clearance of at
least 175 centimeters shall be
provided at the back of rungs
of fixed ladders

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69 Health and safety Occupational Article 124 of Employer Ensure that wood used for Elite Engineering
Safety and Health the Directive scaffolds shall be of a grade ensures that the
Directive and the and Section suitable for structural purposes scaffolds are in
Compulsory 3.2.1 of the and shall be inspected and appropriate
Standard Compulsory tested for defects before use standards and made
Standard with proper
Ensure that all scaffolds 3 sepcifications.
meters more above ground

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 shall be equipped with a
guardrail not less than 1
meters in height and an
intermediate rail

Provide safe means of access

for each employee erecting or
dismantling a scaffold where
the provision of safe access is
feasible and does not create a
greater hazard

Have a competent person to

determine whether it is
feasible or would pose a
greater hazard to provide, and
have employees use a safe
means of access
70 Health and safety Occupational Articles 126- Employer Ensure that ladder-jack type Elite Engineering
Safety and Health 128 and scaffolds are used only for ensures that ladder-
Directive and the Section 3.2.5 light duty operations jack scaffolds are
Compulsory of the Ensure that a trestle scaffold or used for light duty
Standard Compulsory single trestle in excess of 6 operations and not
Standard meters in height shall not be more than 2 workers
used on the scaffold at
Ensure that Ladder-jack shall any given time.,
not have more than two trestle scaffold or
workers on the scaffold at any sing trestle in excess
time of 6 meters shall not
be used and

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71 Health and safety Compulsory Section 3.4 Employer Ensure that the clearance Elite Engineering
Standard between scaffolds and power shall strictly follow
lines are as prescribed under the standard

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 table 4.6.6 of the Compulsory described in table
Standard 4.6.6.
72 Health and safety Compulsory Section 5.1 Employer Ensure that safety devices such Elite Engineering
Standard as cradles with toe board or ensures that workers
other equivalent protection use proper safety
devices are used when workers devices.
are engaged in working at
height

A cradle which is placed in

order to prevent falls from a
height shall have a handrail
(with a height of 1 meter), a
toe board and an intermediate
handrail at a height of 0.5
meters
73 Health and safety Occupational Article 129 of Employer Provide a simple barrier Elite Engineering
Safety and Health the Directive consisting of crossed scaffold ensures that proper
Directive and the and Section tubes to guard-rails on a large boards and scaffolds
Compulsory 5.2 of the roof where work does not have are provided.
Standard Compulsory to be carried out at or near the
Standard edge. Such barriers shall be
positioned at least 2 meter
from the edge.
A minimum of two boards
shall be provided so that it is
not necessary for a worker to
stand on a fragile roof to move
a board or a ladder, or for any
other reason
Work on roofs shall not be
carried out in weather
condition such as strong wind
and heavy rain that threaten
the safety of workers

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74 Health and safety Occupational Article 130 Employer Ensure that towers and hoist- Elite Engineering
Safety and Health shafts used in construction ensures that the base
Directive shall rest on a solid of hoist-shafts are in
foundation; be substantially solid foundation and
built; be securely anchored; all the requirements
and when necessary for are met while
stability, guy-wires shall be constructing the
used to support the structure towers.

When booms are attached to

construction towers, provision
shall be made to support the
imposed stresses

Ensure that access to

construction towers are
provided by means of ladders
extending from the base to the
top of the tower

Entrances to hoist shaft ways

shall be protected by a barrier
placed at least 46 centimeter
outside the line of the shaft
way
75 Health and safety Occupational Article 131 Employee Not operate a hoist until he or Employees shall be
Safety and Health she has demonstrated to the trained and their
Directive supervisor that he or she is a competence shall be
competent operator checked before
operation.
Not to operate a hoist if he or
she has doubts as to its safe
condition

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76 Health and safety Occupational Article 132 Employer Ensure that the safe working Elite Engineering
Safety and Health load of cranes, derricks and ensures safe work
Directive hoists do not exceed the limits load for the crane
set by the manufacturer, a and other lifting
registered professional equipment.
engineer or the competent
authority

A permanent notation shall be

affixed on cranes, derricks,
hoists and similar equipment
showing the safe working
loads
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77 Health and safety Occupational Article 135 Employer Ensure that decks and working Elite Engineering
Safety and Health areas around pile-driver are ensures ropes, tools
Directive kept clear of ropes, tools and and other materials
other materials are removed in
decks and working
area around pile-
driver.
78 Health and safety Occupational Article 138 Employer Protect workers from falling Elite Engineering
Safety and Health from the unguarded portions of ensures that workers
Directive the perimeter of the structures are provided with
at all elevations that are 3 appropriate full body
meter above ground by means harnesses and
of barriers, guardrails, safety lifelines to protect
belts and lifelines or other them from falling.
effective means where
structural framework is erected
in advance of external walls

Ensure that the presence of

wire rope guards shall be
indicated by colored markers

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 attached at intervals not
exceeding 3 meter
79 Health and safety Occupational Article 140 Employer Ensure that stripping of Form works are
Safety and Health and formwork from concrete conducted in proper
Directive Employee structures are conducted in an and orderly manner.
orderly manner designed to
minimize risk of injury to
workers

Workers engaged in stripping

operations are required to wear
suitable head and hand
protective equipment
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80 Health and safety Occupational Article 146 Employer whenever workers are engaged Suitable scaffold,
Safety and Health and in the removal of a part of a full body harness ,
Directive Employee building or structure more than safety shoes,
3 meters above a floor, helmets, and
platform or grade, there shall clothing shall be
be provided for the protection provided to workers
of workers suitable scaffolds, and used properly.
lifelines, safety belts or life
nets

Head, hand and foot

protection, appropriate to the
exposure shall be worn by
workers on demolition projects

Construction sheds and tool

boxes shall be so located as to
not expose workers to the
danger of falling walls and
other falling objects
81 Health and safety Compulsory Section 6.3 Employer Not to require an employee to Elite Engineering

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 Standard and 6.5 enter an excavation over 1.5 ensures that
meter in depth unless the sides employees do not
of the excavation are firm or enter in excavated
sloped to safe angle; the sides places of more than
have been secured by the use 1.5 m unless the
of sheet piling, shoring and sides are firm and a
racing; or the workers are ladder are provided.
protected by other effective
means

When workers are required to

enter excavations over 1.5
meter in depth, ensure that a
ladder is provided in the
immediate area where workers
are employed and the ladder
shall extend from the bottom
of the excavation to at least 90
centimeter above the top of the
excavation
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82 Health and safety Occupational Article 150 Employer Ensure that workers engaged Elite Engineering
Safety and Health in scaling, sloping or trimming ensures workers are
Directive banks or faces shall use safety- provided with safety
belts and lifelines belt and use properly
while they work in
scaling, sloping or
trimming banks or
faces.
83 Health and safety Occupational Article 153 Employer Ensure that workers, employed Elite Engineering
Safety and Health in surface rock-excavating ensures employees
Directive workings, are protected from are protected from
harmful dust concentrations by harmful dusts
the use of water spray or dust concentrations by
removal from work areas by use of water spray

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 mechanical means, or by a when they work in
combination of the two rock excavating.
methods
84 Health and safety Compulsory Section 8.1 Employer Ensure that prior to permitting Elite Engineering
Standard employees to start demolition ensure technical
operations, an engineering survey and plan are
survey and plan shall be made, made , get permit
by a competent person, of the from authority prior
structure to determine the to permitting its
condition of the framing, workers to engage in
floors, and walls, and demolition.
possibility of unplanned
collapse of any portion of the
structure.

The employer shall acquire

approval of the plan as per the
Ethiopian Building
Proclamation.
85 Health and safety Compulsory Section 8.1 Employer Determine if any type of Elite Engineering
Standard hazardous chemicals, gases, ensures that there are
explosives, or flammable not any hazards
materials have been used in substances , gases,
any pipes, tanks, or other explosive or other by
equipment on the property testing before
before demolition demolition
operation.
Perform testing and Purging
and eliminate the hazard.
Adequately fence off and sign
post the danger zone at the
time of demolition to protect
the public
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86 Health and safety Compulsory Section 10.1 Employer Ensure that power cables and Proper PPE for

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 Standard and employee other electrical installations Electrical and Power
are protected against workers shall be
mechanical injuries available and
properly in use.
Electrical installation workers
should use appropriate
protective equipment such as
insulated tools, insulating
boots and gloves

Ensure that protection against

excessive contact voltage in
case of direct or indirect
contact are provided in all
kinds of electrical installation
87 Health and safety Compulsory Section 12.1 Employer Head, hand and foot protection PPEs should be
Standard and employee appropriate to the type of work all time during
exposure, shall be worn by demolishing works.
workers on demolishing
projects
Safety footwear shall be
generally used on construction
sites

Ensure that water proof shoes

are provided for workers
working in muddy areas and
concrete

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88 Health and safety Compulsory Section 12.2 Employer Ensure protective helmet is All safety tools and
Standard and employee used on a building PPEs shall be
construction site provided by Elite
Engineering and site
Safety belts equipped with supervisors make

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 safety ropes shall be used sure the tools and
while working on scaffolding, the PPEs are being
roofs and work platforms and properly used.
in other places where falling
from a height cannot be
prevented by other safety
measures

Depending on the type of

work, provide protective
breathing, googles, footwear,
safety belts, suitable gloves or
ear protectors

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